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Interview with French climber Erwan Legrand who on 11 February 2026 made the coveted first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, France. The 17-year-old has suggest 9b for the legendary line bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and attempted by many of the best climbers in the world...

On 7 March 2026 Radoslav Groh from the Czech Republic and Juraj Koreň from Slovakia made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Kaiser Direct' (500m, M7) up the south face of the Grossglockner, at 3798m the highest mountain in Austria. Koreň reports.

From 6 to 8 March 2026 Italian alpinists Alessandro Baù and Mirco Grasso completed the winter traverse of all the summits on the famous skyline of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. Carried out with two bivouacs, this is the first complete winter enchainment of these nine famous...

Interview with the Italian alpinist Stefano Ragazzo, who from 21 February to 7 March made the first solo ascent of 'Riders on the Storm' on the Central Tower of Paine in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia. This legendary 1300m big wall was first ascended in 1991 by Kurt...

Spanish climber Alberto Ginés López has climbed his hardest route to date, 'El Bon Combat' at Cova de Ocell in Spain established in 2015 by Chris Sharma.

Matteo Della Bordella's report on the repeat of the 'Gogna-Cerutti' route on the Matterhorn, climbed on 7–8 March 2026 with Giacomo Mauri. The famous route was established up the mountain's north face from 14 to 17 July 1969 by Leo Cerruti and Alessandro Gogna.

The video of Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of 'Full Gem', the 8C+ boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland.

From 4-6 March 2026, Giuseppe Vidoni made a winter solo ascent of the combo 'Padre Pio' and 'Une Échelle Vers le Ciel' on the south face of the Matterhorn. The report from the 31-year-old Italian mountain guide, who had not climbed these routes before.

The film Eternal Solo that documents the first rope-solo of 'Eternal Flame' on on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower group in Pakistan carried out by Stefano Ragazzo in summer 2024.

On 5-6 March 2026 South Tyrolean alpinist Simon Gietl made a rope-solo winter ascent of 'Das Phantom der Zinne' on the north face of Cima Grande, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites, Italy.

A society can’t call itself free while half its people still fight for equal rights under the law. To celebrate International Women's Day, we are publishing the drawings of French illustrator Aliénor Rohmer Meyer, in collaboration with Every Woman is Worthy.

Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who last week flashed two 8C boulder problems, Lion's Share at Brione and Celestite in Val Bavona. The 33-year-old has now flashed three 8c boulder problems, after Foundation's Edge at Fionnay last year

On 11 February 2026 Erwan Legrand made the long-awaited first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, France — one of the longest-standing sport climbing projects in the world. First bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991, the legendary line had been attempted by many of the world's very best...

The Grand Prize of the 36th edition of the Maria Luisa Memorial Photo contest was awarded to Christoph Fischer for his photo entitled 'Fearless'. The competition attracted 18,089 photographs and 182 films entries.

The Millennium Cave at Cala Gonone is one of the most famous climbing spots in Sardinia, but also one of the coastal crags most at risk of bolt corrosion on the Italian island. In order to address safety issues, since 2017 Maurizio Oviglia has undertaken a systematic bolt replacement campaign,...

27-year-old climber from Italy, Luca Bacer, has sent the 9a 'Xaxid Hostel' at Mišja Peč in Slovenia.